(City Journal) Bruce Kesler - Bigotry and prejudice on university campuses against blacks, gays, or women simply isn't tolerated. Even a hint of racism or sexism is met with quick and decisive punishment. But anti-Israel rants on California's public-college campuses seem to be tolerated, politely ignored, or even tacitly condoned by the powers that be. Consider the case of David Klein, a math professor at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), who maintains a page on the university's web server devoted to the evils of the State of Israel. It isn't hard to imagine what would happen to a professor who used the university's website to post content opposed, say, to illegal immigration or legal abortion, especially if the subject was outside his academic field. Administrators would demand that the pages disappear. The David Klein matter has nothing to do with academic freedom and everything to do with official hypocrisy. A professor has the right to speak on his own behalf, but not to use a public university's resources to smear Israel as a murderous oppressor.
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